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Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 order allowing the Trump administration to purge transgender troops from the military. The case is one of fourteen brought to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket relating to Trump’s policies, and the eighth to be resolved. Nearly all of the resolutions so far have benefited the administration. Only two were clear losses for Trump (Dep’t of State v. AVAC and W.M.M. v. Trump), while one is best described as a mixed outcome (Noem v. Abrego Garcia).

Table of emergency docket Trump-related cases

Resolved cases

Bessent v. Dellinger

Hampton Dellinger challenged the White House firing him from his position as head of the Office of Special Counsel, an independent agency that protects federal employees and investigates retaliation against whistleblowers. D.C. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson (an Obama appointee) issued a temporary restraining order in February allowing Dellinger to maintain his position. Trump appealed to the Supreme Court, which essentially decided not to get involved before Jackson’s restraining order expired. Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented, preferring that the court explicitly rule in Trump’s favor.

Judge Jackson issued a permanent injunction on March 1, writing that the Office of Special Counsel must remain an independent agency to prevent patronage and corruption in the executive branch (including the office of the president). However, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit stayed her order days later, removing Dellinger from his position. He subsequently dropped his lawsuit to try to keep his job, saying that he didn’t believe he could win before the Supreme Court.

Dep’t of State v AIDS Vaccine Advisory Coalition

Two nonprofits, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) and the Journalism Development Network (JDN), challenged the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance funding. D.C. District Judge Amir Ali (a Biden appointee) issued a temporary restraining order in February, blocking the administration’s suspension of foreign assistance funds that were allocated prior to January 19, 2025.

Trump appealed to the Supreme Court, which (after a six-day stay) allowed Judge Ali to require the administration to fulfill its financial obligations. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.

Office of Personnel Management v. American Fed. of Gov’t Employees

A coalition of unions representing federal employees sued the government to challenge the Office of Personnel Management’s mass firing of probationary employees. California District Judge William Alsup (a Clinton appointee) issued a court order in March requiring the administration to immediately reinstate the fired employees, ruling that the Office of Personnel Management does not have the authority to direct agencies to terminate employees.

The Trump administration appealed first to the 9th Circuit, which declined to issue a stay of Alsup’s order, then to the Supreme Court. By an apparent 7-2 vote, the justices granted Trump’s application for a stay, putting Judge Alsup’s order to reinstate the workers on hold while the challenge to the firings continues. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied a stay.

Department of Education v. California

Eight states (California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Wisconsin) filed a lawsuit against the administration in March, seeking to reinstate more than $65 million in Education grants canceled under Trump’s DEI ban. Massachusetts District Judge Myong Joun (a Biden appointee) issued a temporary order requiring the reinstatement, writing that without intervention, “dozens of programs upon which public schools, public universities, students, teachers, and faculty rely will be gutted.”

The Trump administration appealed to the 1st Circuit, which declined to issue a stay of Judge Joun’s order, then to the Supreme Court. By a 5-4 vote, the justices ruled that even though Congress had already appropriated money for the programs, the Education Department could stop funding them while the case is litigated in the lower courts. Chief Justice John Roberts indicated that he would have denied the government’s request. All three liberal justices dissented.

Trump v. J.G.G.

Five Venezuelan men in immigration custody sued the Trump administration in March seeking to prevent their removal under the Alien Enemies Act. D.C. District Judge James Boasberg (an Obama appointee) issued an order certifying Venezuelan migrants as members of a class and temporarily enjoining their removal from the U.S. on March 15. He ordered the government to turn back any planes transporting Venezuelan “alien enemies.” The government did not comply.

After failing to convince the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to pause Boasberg’s order, the administration appealed to the Supreme Court. On April 7, five justices ruled in Trump’s favor, vacating the temporary restraining order and, therefore, allowing immigrants to be sent to foreign countries (like El Salvador) using the Alien Enemies Act. All nine justices agreed that immigrants subject to the Act must be given “reasonable time” to file challenges to their removal, but they did not define what the minimum notice must be. Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Amy Coney Barrett dissented in part.

Noem v. Abrego Garcia

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia filed a lawsuit seeking his return to the U.S. after the Trump administration imprisoned him in El Salvador as the result of (what it claims was) an “administrative error.” On April 4, Maryland District Judge Paula Xinis (an Obama appointee) ordered the government to “facilitate and effectuate” Abrego Garcia’s return by the end of April 7, writing that “they had no legal authority to arrest him, no justification to detain him, and no grounds to send him to El Salvador.”

After the 4th Circuit declined to pause Xinis’ order, the administration appealed to the Supreme Court. In an apparent unanimous decision, the justices ruled that the government must “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return but cannot be ordere…

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